Browse the latest research summaries in the field of rehabilitation for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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BMC Neurology, 2016 • August 2, 2016
The study aimed to evaluate the effects of aerobic exercise on patients with SCI by measuring changes in serum myokines and exercise physiology parameters. Results indicated that acute exercise led to...
KEY FINDING: Acute exercise to exhaustion in CPET results in an immediate increase in serum IGF-1 in healthy individuals.
PLoS ONE, 2014 • December 22, 2014
This study investigated the impact of minimal-dose electrical stimulation on gene regulation in paralyzed human muscle after spinal cord injury (SCI). The key finding was that acute electrical stimula...
KEY FINDING: Acute stimulation of paralyzed muscle regulates over 100 biological pathways as compared to less than 30 in chronically trained muscle.
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2016 • August 3, 2016
This paper presents an integrated system for the closed-loop control of an ambulatory exoskeleton with a BMI. The exoskeleton works under an assist-as-needed control paradigm, which can be adapted to ...
KEY FINDING: For the three healthy subjects, 84.44 ± 14.56% of the trials were correctly decoded, indicating the viability of the setup.
JOURNAL OF NEUROTRAUMA, 2017 • May 1, 2017
The study examined the effects of stand and step training, combined with epidural stimulation, on standing ability in four individuals with chronic complete paraplegia. Stand training improved standin...
KEY FINDING: Stand training with epidural stimulation improved standing ability in individuals with chronic complete paralysis.
PLoS ONE, 2016 • August 30, 2016
This study compares heart rate variability (HRV) and systolic blood pressure (SBP) changes of spinal cord injury (SCI) patients during urodynamic study (UDS) with able-bodied controls. Tetraplegic pat...
KEY FINDING: Only control subjects displayed significant elevation of SBP during Foley catheter insertion compared to resting values.
Trials, 2015 • January 7, 2015
This multi-centre, assessor-blinded, randomised controlled trial will investigate the effectiveness of early exercise in preventing muscle atrophy and maintaining skeletal integrity after spinal cord ...
KEY FINDING: The trial aims to determine the effectiveness of FES-assisted cycling versus passive cycling in preventing muscle atrophy after spinal cord injury.
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2014 • December 12, 2014
This study introduces an adaptive EEG-based BCI system, utilizing reinforcement learning, designed for integration with functional electrical stimulation (FES) to enhance rehabilitation. The system's ...
KEY FINDING: The BCI system could continuously adapt to both control and SCI subjects.
Ann Rehabil Med, 2014 • December 1, 2014
This study aimed to determine the effect of robotic-assisted gait training (RAGT) compared to conventional overground training for patients with incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI). The results showed...
KEY FINDING: Both RAGT and conventional therapy groups showed significant improvement in lower extremity motor score, ambulatory motor index, Spinal Cord Independence Measure III mobility section, and walking index for spinal cord injury version II.
Muscle Nerve, 2017 • May 1, 2017
This study investigated the effects of 16 weeks of home-based endurance NMES training on skeletal muscle oxidative capacity, muscle composition, and blood metabolic and lipid profiles in individuals w...
KEY FINDING: The study found a significant average improvement of 119% in skeletal muscle oxidative capacity following the 16-week endurance NMES training program.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2017 • July 4, 2017
This study focused on adapting the Spinal Cord Injury Spasticity Evaluation Tool (SCI-SET) into Persian (SCI-SETp) and evaluating its reliability and validity in Iranian patients with spinal cord inju...
KEY FINDING: The Persian version of the SCI-SET (SCI-SETp) demonstrated good internal consistency, with a Cronbach's α coefficient of 0.862.